Wichita eagle., 1887-07-21
mere creation of the gifted writer's brain

mere creation of the gifted writer's brain
ne was reality, as was Squeers, and a.
Dickens put an end to their existence, Sc
public opinion at last aroused, entered it
protest, and the Yorkshire schoolmastel
with the brutalities, chief amongst which
was corporal punishment, received the ia
tai stab by thu foreible pen of a man who
was once reporter of one of the CITY
papers.
\ Folkenstine is a city of some twenty
thousand inhabitants-a portion of it quite
ancient, the remainder of recent growth.
The ancient or principal business portion
of it is quaint English to be city of
Egypt. The streets are crooked, precipi
tous in places and much narrower
than the alleys of the city of Wich-
ita. The shops are numerous and well
stocked. but so small as to make
| five customers before the counter, a crowd.
The modern portion of the city is superbly
| built with wide streets and boulevards.
The houses are mostly four story, hand
| somely designed, rooted with slate, and as
is the prevailing custom throughout the
United Kingom, built Of stone or brick, the
chimneys all topped with red or white pots.
The church edifices are nearly all of modern
design the exception being the Parish
church which is said to be one of the first
religious buildings of England It contains
an ancient clock with peal of eight bells.
Folkenstine is noted as having been the birth
place of DR., William Harvey, the discover
er of the circulation of the blood. He was
born in 1878, and posterity has honored his
memory by the erection of a handsome
bronze statue on marble pedestal over
looking the sea. Travellers going direct |!
from London to Paris take passage here by !
steamer for Bologna On a moderately |
clear day the coast of France |
is plainly visible from the promenade on |
the Lees. The distance from here to Do |
yer, where the channel Harrows, is only |
eight miles, and from here to Boulogne
about % miles Aside from the salubrity of |
the climate there is little toaempt tourist |
in lingering here. In the surrounding |
country there are few objects Of interest. /
At Hythe, five miles distance, is located a /
school of musketYy and the ancient church /
Of St. Leonard. in the crypt of which is
large collection of skulls. At the back of
this city is quite an elevation, with remains
of military entertainments, supposed to
have been the camp of Julius Caesar.
Shorncliff camp, distant some two miles,
was used for military training as far back
as 1894, and it is still utilized for the same
purpose, and accommodates at the present
time about three regiments. The
summer season is inst opening up,
and I am told that more than
twenty thousand visitors, votaries OF
fashion flock hither, and remain during the
heated term. Another fashionable resort
of the elite of the metropolis is Brighton,
further down the coast. This afternoon
we took a skim over the waters in row.
boat; the temperature was about 70 degrees,
and the waters of the English channel just
rutf1ed enough to give the skiff pleasant
motion. The disciples of Isaac
Walton can here crafty desire for
piscatorial persuits to their hearts content
Tomorrow we return for brief season to
our old stamping ground, and then seek
pastures new. NJ. STEWART.